New nighttime show 'Rivers of Light' confirmed to be coming to Disney's Animal Kingdom

[lentesta]

A friend of mine on a park tour today, was told by the tour CM that RoL won't be out until 2017. This is probably one step up from "a bus driver said..." But it's remarkable that a CM would even think about saying it.

 

[KikoKea]

Hours are now extended through to the end of September.
http://www.wdwmagic.com/calendar.htm

Wed 28 Sept: MK EMH till 1am!!! Woohooo! Love those late hours! Next day is MNSSHP, so can sleep a bit late before wandering over to DS in the morning. Perfect.

 

[marni1971]

Any comments ? http://www.foxbusiness.com/markets/2016/08/15/disney-world-gives-animal-kingdom-night-off.html

Pretty accurate I think.

 

[Clamman73]

Wed 28 Sept: MK EMH till 1am!!! Woohooo! Love those late hours! Next day is MNSSHP, so can sleep a bit late before wandering over to DS in the morning. Perfect.

Now there's two electrical parades that night too.

 

[KikoKea]

Now there's two electrical parades that night too.

I know! And, on 1 Oct when MK closes at 11pm. I'm going to enjoy both and make sure I get a front row spot for the later runs.

 

[prfctlyximprct]

If they don't open til 2017, the poor stadium will just sit there lonely?

 

[TTA94]

My lips are sealed I'm afraid.

Hope everything is positive and no negative. If anything did get cut I hope it's nothing major. I have been fearing the worst for the floating lanterns :-/.

 

[JWG]

This is really disappointing in that I was hoping for some more crowd dispersion options come the holidays. And, the do need to get it right, they need to make it work to be an all day park. Though, they also have to give it time to work and not give up if it doesn't take off in the first 30 days. Patterns don't break and change doesn't happen over night.

 

[Magic Feather]

Can you tell us if they had to cut anything from the show in order to finally pass testing or did they actually make whatever it was work as intended?

They learned some lessons from Jungle Book, some good, some bad. One of which was regarding audience understanding. Has anyone seen the Jungle Book at least a month after it debuted? Because RoL wasn't the only show that got revisions.

 

[ABQ]

They learned some lessons from Jungle Book, some good, some bad. One of which was regarding audience understanding. Has anyone seen the Jungle Book at least a month after it debuted? Because RoL wasn't the only show that got revisions.

Interesting. I hope they don't find themselves dumbing it down though. Speaking from a completely ignorant standpoint, admittedly, as I know nothing of RoL's intended production. However, if you're implying the audience wouldn't understand a point they are trying to convey, I hope they don't make it bland to make that point easier to get across. Heck, half the current audience of Reflections of Earth probably misses the point, but still enjoys it. Or perhaps I'm missing your point entirely anyway and it's a completely different matter?

 

[prfctlyximprct]

They learned some lessons from Jungle Book, some good, some bad. One of which was regarding audience understanding. Has anyone seen the Jungle Book at least a month after it debuted? Because RoL wasn't the only show that got revisions.

I would hope rivers of light conveys a deeper message than some thrown together garbage. Ugh cmon Disney

 

[PhotoDave219]

Any comments ? http://www.foxbusiness.com/markets/2016/08/15/disney-world-gives-animal-kingdom-night-off.html

I'll weigh in here.....

You're not going to entice crowds to stay late at Animal Kingdom until Avatar Opens and Rivers of Light actually gets on track. They're aiming for April for Avatar, FWIW.

The other part about Disney's Animal Kingdom that management fails to understand about the audience and their desires is so obvious, they've completely missed it. People go to Animal Kingdom to see Animals. I can't think of the last time animal programs actually expanded.

 

[RSoxNo1]

Pretty accurate I think.

Really? I suspect hours will be extended in October even if Rivers of Light doesn't open.

 

[jrhwdw]

Any comments ? http://www.foxbusiness.com/markets/2016/08/15/disney-world-gives-animal-kingdom-night-off.html

I looked at that article, Do we really buy this article??? Only JB is ending and the article didn't take into account that hours will be increased for the safaris and TOL Awakenings, right?

 

[HauntedMansionFLA]

Really? I suspect hours will be extended in October even if Rivers of Light doesn't open.

I probably should bank on DAK closing around 7:00 p.m. this December. it starts to get dark around 5:30ish? Disappointing. Now that will be two parks closing at 7:00 along with DHS.

 

[No Name]

Eh, kind of sucks. At least they're not totally going back to normal hours till RoL shows. 9:00 is decent. Not that I like it, but I can understand the decision.

Once Avatar and RoL open, I'm sure nighttime hours will be popular as Disney intended for them to be.

The Tree of Life awakenings are gold, so at least people will still get the chance to see those.

 

[culturenthrills]

So any update on the testing progress? I'm guessing they are waiting for Jungle Book to end so they can get the barges out of the way and then do some more serious testing?

I thought they were moving the barges out of the way at night.

 

[TTA94]

I thought they were moving the barges out of the way at night.

Yes but I'm sure once Jungle Book is over it will be easier for them to test with all the barges and stages out of the way.

 

[Rteetz]

Really? I suspect hours will be extended in October even if Rivers of Light doesn't open.

I agree with this. Hours extended until probably 9. Epcot closes at 9 in the fall and winter because of the daylight. AK will likely be the same.

 

[prfctlyximprct]

Any article that starts out as foxbusiness has me leery. I have to think JB ending is a good thing.